DocumentCode
1505805
Title
A Variable Delay Optical Buffer Based on Nonlinear Polarization Rotation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
Author
Cheng, Mu ; Wu, Chongqing ; Hiltunen, Jussi ; Wang, Yaping ; Wang, Qin ; Myllylä, Risto
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Volume
21
Issue
24
fYear
2009
Firstpage
1885
Lastpage
1887
Abstract
In this letter, a variable delay optical buffer with three stage-cascaded buffer units based on nonlinear polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifier is demonstrated. The buffer is suitable for integration, fast reconfiguration, scalable, and easy control. With the proposed buffers, 1024-bit data are buffered more than 100 different buffering times at 2.5 Gb/s.
Keywords
delays; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical communication equipment; optical rotation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; cascaded buffer units; nonlinear polarization rotation; semiconductor optical amplifier; variable delay optical buffer; word length 1024 bit; Nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR); optical buffer; optical communication; semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2009.2034619
Filename
5291743
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